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Text, photos and video by VINCENT GO
The Lenten season has inspired urban poor groups to hold various protests with the theme “Kalbaryo ng Maralita (Calvary of the Poor),” as urban poor communities braced themselves for more violent demolitions after Holy Week.
Text, photos and video by VINCENT GO
VARIOUS groups from different sectors vowed to continue staging rallies in the coming weeks, following the nationwide protest they held on March 15, World Consumer's Rights Day, to demand action from government on the continuing oil price increases.
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A FIRE that hit the Ever Gotesco Grand Central Mall in Caloocan City late Friday evening continued to rage as of noon Saturday as thick smoke prevented firemen from entering the mall.
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THOUSANDS of Filipino women marched in the streets of Manila on International Women's Day to protest the Aquino administration's failure to address social problems besieging the country, with such issues as the increase in prices of basic commodities, labor, health and housing.
Text, photos and video by VINCENT GO
THIS Sunday, the world joins Japan in remembering the devastation caused by the earthquake and tsunami that hit eastern Japan a year ago. Thousands died, and tens of thousands more left homeless when the ground shook and a wall of water fell on Fukushima and surrounding areas on March 11, 2011.
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THIRTY-ONE farmers affiliated with the peasant federation Task Force Mapalad staged a lightning rally outside the gates of the Malacañang Palace complex to denounce the slow pace of implementation of agrarian reform.
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SOME 150 farmers from Negros Island arrived at the Manila North Harbor today as part of Lakbayan, a protest march to dramatize their frustration over government's failure to speed up the implementation of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program Extension with Reforms (CARPER).
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On the first day of the Year of the Water Dragon, Binondo, Manila became the scene of a huge party filled with street performers and lion dancers and dragons of all shapes, colors and sizes gyrating to the beat of drummers.
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THE Chinese New Year is considered the most important holiday on the Chinese calendar. The first day of the Lunar New Year falls on Monday, Jan. 23, which has been declared a public holiday. This means it’s going to be a long weekend, the perfect time for ordinary citizens to get a chance to visit Manila’s Chinatown and join the celebrations.
Text, photos and video by Vincent Go.
BARELY a week after the Feast of the Black Nazarene, thousands of devotees flocked to the Sto. Niño de Tondo Parish, bearing images of the Child Jesus to have them blessed.
